Terminator: Resistance similar games & best alternatives

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Terminator: Resistance

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2019

Should you play it?

Terminator: Resistance, is a first-person shooter set during the 'Future War' scenario that was only glimpsed at in the iconic films, 'THE TERMINATOR' and 'T2: JUDGMENT DAY'. The machines are destined to lose, but at what cost?

What works

  • Faithful terminator atmosphere and lore
  • Engaging story with meaningful choices
  • Solid gunplay and stealth mechanics
  • Weapon upgrades and crafting system
  • No microtransactions or paywalls

Things to keep in mind

  • Dated graphics and animations
  • Some ai and difficulty balancing issues
  • Limited enemy variety
  • Linear level design with some repetition
  • Voice acting and dialogue quality varies

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • BioShock™ 2 Remastered

  • RoboCop: Rogue City

  • Crysis 3 Remastered

  • Atomic Heart

  • Metro: Last Light Redux

  • Batman™: Arkham Knight

More intense

Games that feels like Terminator: Resistance but with a more intense feel

  • Dead Space

  • The Evil Within 2

  • Metro 2033 Redux

  • The Surge

  • Cronos: The New Dawn

  • Wolfenstein: The New Order

Less expressive

Games that feels like Terminator: Resistance but with less self-expression and customization

  • Skydance's BEHEMOTH

  • Akimbot

  • Scars Above

  • Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

  • Luna Abyss

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • RoboCop: Rogue City

  • RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business

  • Zombie Defense

  • Tallowmere

  • Monster Truck Championship

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Terminator: Resistance: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Competition.

Last update: 04/08/2026